Kontron adds gateway and MVB controller to its comprehensive line of TRACe™ EN50155-certified transportation computers

Kontron, a leading global provider of Embedded Computer Technology (ECT), today expanded its TRACe™, family of operational computers designed specifically for the transportation market with a gateway and multi-vehicle bus (MVB) controller. Kontron developed the comprehensive TRACe line to provide proven, feature-rich building blocks and ‘plug and play'' middleware that facilitate design flexibility that addresses any train program profile. Both the Kontron TRACe gateway and MVB controller feature a rugged design that ensures virtually maintenance-free operation in harsh environments, and are optimized for any rolling stock application such as passenger information and infotainment systems, video streaming and storage servers, security surveillance and train management systems. Kontron will showcase its entire TRACe portfolio at InnoTrans (International Trade Fair for Transport Technology) in Berlin, Germany September 23-26 in Hall 2.1b, booth 320.

The Kontron TRACe™ G304-TR transportation computer gateway offers excellent Wi-Fi connectivity capabilities making it well-suited for passenger infotainment or operator remote control and maintenance. The Kontron TRACe M304-TR MVB Class 4 controller is an Ideal computing solution for TCMS (Train Control Management Systems). Kontron''s two new TRACe products offer high MTBF, high reliability, long-term support of eight years or more and are EN50155 Class Tx compliant.

The Kontron TRACe™ family benefits from the inherent flexibility advantages of Kontron''s COM Express® Computer-on-Module (COM) that features the Intel® Atom™ E3845 processor with up to quad core 1.91 GHz performance. These platforms feature high performance density and low power consumption in a small footprint, low profile design that offers integrators higher flexibility in terms of the number of available I/O. The family also provides long-term support by design based on its modularity and seamless technology insertion of the processor, storage, I/O and power supply unit.